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Key Insurance Themes And Investment Outlook - Q3 2024

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In this publication we will share some of our key insurance investment themes and views, based on our work with clients and other industry stakeholders over the last quarter. We also outline our key fixed income insights and economic views. If you have any feedback, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

  • Insurance regulatory update: An update on the NAIC’s Summer National Meeting.
  • The easing cycle begins: With the Fed’s 50bp rate cut in September, rates are now expected to gradually decline into the end of 2024 and over 2025. The Fed has pivoted from a focus on inflation to supporting employment. Fixed income market performance has so far been comparable to past rate cycles1
  • Spotlight on taxable municipal bonds: A Q&A with Senior Portfolio Manager, Jeffrey Burger on how he believes we are seeing some of the best opportunities in taxable munis in decades.
  • Investment outlook: Credit markets continue to be caught between potentially attractive absolute yields and tight credit spreads. But easing cycles have been generally positive for bond and credit markets

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Insight Investment

Insight is a global asset manager specializing in fixed income and risk management strategies with $836.1bn in AUM1. We have been working with insurers since 1934 and manage $32bn for over 80 insurers globally. Our investment philosophy offers clients innovative yet practical investment solutions. We manage custom fixed income strategies to help meet clients evolving needs, such as liquidity, principal preservation, earnings stability, tax minimization and total return.

Insight is subsidiary of BNY, which offers insurance clients additional services and access to boutique investment management teams. These services offer the potential for deeper collaboration across your portfolio.

As of March 31, 2026. Assets under management (AUM) are represented by the value of the client’s assets and liabilities Insight is asked to manage. These will primarily be the mark-to-market value of securities managed on behalf of clients, including collateral if applicable. Where a client mandate requires Insight to manage some or all of a client’s liabilities (e.g. LDI strategies), AUM will be equal to the value of the client specific liability benchmark and/or the notional value of other risk exposure through the use of derivatives. Where the methodology defines it, some asset reporting focuses on cash securities only. Insight North America (INA) is part of ‘Insight’ or ‘Insight Investment’, the corporate brand for certain asset management companies operated by Insight Investment Management Limited including, among others, Insight Investment Management (Global) Limited (IIMG), Insight Investment International Limited (IIIL) and Insight Investment Management (Europe) Limited (IIMEL). Advisory services referenced herein are available in the US only through INA. Legal entity Insight North America LLC’s AUM is $164.5bn as of March 31, 2026. Figures shown in USD. FX rates as per WM Reuters 4pm spot rates. 

1 Includes $32.1bn following the completed transition of BNY Wealth’s municipal bond and taxable fixed income team to Insight on October 1, 2025, assets stated as of December 31, 2025 and includes $3.8bn  attributable to certain accounts managed by Insight’s affiliate, BNY Mellon, National Association, for which certain Insight investment personnel act as dual officers. Such accounts pursue the same or similar investment strategies to those pursued by Insight clients. 2 Includes employees of Insight North America LLC and its affiliates, which provide asset management services as part of Insight, the corporate brand for certain companies operated by Insight Investment Management Limited (IIML).

 

Jeffrey Berman

Head of North America Distribution 
Jeffrey.Berman@insightinvestment.com
+1 212 365 3341

Ryan McMurdie 

Director, Insurance Solutions
Ryan.McMurdie@InsightInvestment.com 
+1 917 208 0115
 
200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 
www.insightinvestment.com

 

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